Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader Interactive.</li>
<li>While the acquisition is probably well flagged and will be earnings accretive, the last entitlement offering didn’t do well in the near term.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader Interactive.
While the acquisition is probably well flagged and will be earnings accretive, the last entitlement offering didn’t do well in the near term.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Carsales Entitlement Offer - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Know Asset, but Last Deal Didn’t Do Well

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>New Medical Product Rule banned online direct sales of medical products.</li>
<li>Koolearn’s stock price plunged after surging, as Tencent reduced its shareholdings.</li>
<li>Alibaba dismissed employees in Freshippo and JD.com downsized its community group purchase.</li>
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New Medical Product Rule banned online direct sales of medical products.
Koolearn’s stock price plunged after surging, as Tencent reduced its shareholdings.
Alibaba dismissed employees in Freshippo and JD.com downsized its community group purchase.


China Internet Weekly (27Jun22): Koolearn’ Up & Down, New Rule on Medical Apps

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 17th. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest increases in JD.com and Great Wall Motor. </li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 17th. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest increases in JD.com and Great Wall Motor. 


HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for JD.com, Great Wall Motor

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>A few IPOs are lined up in Thailand and South Korea, in addition a number of deals are gearing up for launch.</li>
<li>There were no major placements last week. Although there are a few large lockup releases soon.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
A few IPOs are lined up in Thailand and South Korea, in addition a number of deals are gearing up for launch.
There were no major placements last week. Although there are a few large lockup releases soon.


ECM Weekly (26th June 2022) - Tianqi, Thai Life, Thai Bev, ClouDr, ACommerce, SenseTime, SonaComstar

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange -Shanghai and Shenzhen Northbound Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry.</li>
<li>Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$1.7bn, split between Shanghai (+US$1.8bn) and Shenzhen (-US$0.1bn).</li>
<li>The largest inflows were into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nari-technology-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4364:1" rel="noopener">NARI Technology (600406 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kweichow-moutai-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1553:1" rel="noopener">Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH)</a>. The largest outflows were in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-techn-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (300750 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuliangye-yibin-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19968:1" rel="noopener">Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd (000858 CH)</a>.</li>
</ul>


Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange -Shanghai and Shenzhen Northbound Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry.
Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$1.7bn, split between Shanghai (+US$1.8bn) and Shenzhen (-US$0.1bn).
The largest inflows were into NARI Technology (600406 CH) and Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH). The largest outflows were in CATL (300750 CH) and Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd (000858 CH).


Shanghai/​​​​​Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (24 June 2022)

China

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Carsales Entitlement Offer - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Know Asset, but Last Deal Didn’t Do Well

Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader...

Sumeet Singh

China Internet Weekly (27Jun22): Koolearn’ Up & Down, New Rule on Medical Apps

New Medical Product Rule banned online direct sales of medical products. Koolearn’s stock price plunged after surging, as Tencent reduced its...

Ming Lu

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for JD.com, Great Wall Motor

We highlight week-on-week short interest increases in JD.com and Great Wall Motor in the Hong Kong market based on the latest SFC short aggregate...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ECM Weekly (26th June 2022) - Tianqi, Thai Life, Thai Bev, ClouDr, ACommerce, SenseTime, SonaComstar

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Shanghai/Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (24 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$1.7bn, split between Shanghai (+US$1.8bn) and Shenzhen (-US$0.1bn). The largest inflows were into...

David Blennerhassett

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Carsales Entitlement Offer - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Know Asset, but Last Deal Didn’t Do Well

Carsales aims to raise around US$835m (A$1.2bn) via a non-renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of remaining 51% of trader...

Sumeet Singh

China Internet Weekly (27Jun22): Koolearn’ Up & Down, New Rule on Medical Apps

New Medical Product Rule banned online direct sales of medical products. Koolearn’s stock price plunged after surging, as Tencent reduced its...

Ming Lu

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for JD.com, Great Wall Motor

We highlight week-on-week short interest increases in JD.com and Great Wall Motor in the Hong Kong market based on the latest SFC short aggregate...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ECM Weekly (26th June 2022) - Tianqi, Thai Life, Thai Bev, ClouDr, ACommerce, SenseTime, SonaComstar

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Shanghai/​​​​​Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (24 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$1.7bn, split between Shanghai (+US$1.8bn) and Shenzhen (-US$0.1bn). The largest inflows were into...

David Blennerhassett

Shanghai/Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (24 June 2022)